Toaster



'v. EMANUEL 2,138,910,

- TOASTER- Dec. 6, 1938.

" Filed April 19, 1957' Patented Dec. 6, 1938 r UNITED STATES [PATENToFF-rce .TOASTER Victor Emanuel, Chicago, 111., assignor of onehalf toFrank J. Cullomcr, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 19, 1937, Serial No. 137,739

8 Claims (Cl. 53-5) My invention relates to a bread toaster of thebread, during toasting operation, may be had downwardly swinging sidewall type which are without a complete opening of the side walls orusually of double operation for simultaneously doors and hence anundesirable cooling of the toasting two pieces of bread, although myimheating eiement; the means at the same time provement is notnecessarily limited to that parbeing such that handling of the hot breador toast 5 ticular type. during such inspection period is unnecessaryand,

The invention has for its object the provisionof therefore, the burningof fingers obviated. means whereby periodical inspection of the toast-In the particular exemplification a well known ing side of the bread maybe had'without the need type of toaster is disclosed consisting of thebase 10 of touching or handling the hot bread or changportion l0 and theupper or-body portion consist- 10 ing the position thereof beforecomplete toasting ing of the end walls II, II made upwardly slopof theinvisible side of the bread has been accoming or converging andconnected by the top wall plished. l2; a suitable heating element,generally indi- The invention also has for its object the procated atl3, being.arrangedvertically between'the vision of means whereby theside walls or doors of top wall and the base in the usualmanner. The 16the toaster may be opened sufiiciently for the two sidewalls l4, l4constitute the doors and are desired inspection without permitting thedoors pivotally secured at their bottoms at 15 so that to drop down oropen completely and allowing the the'upper ends of the side walls mayswing outinsuificiently toasted bread to slide out of the wardly anddownwardly; these side walls nor- 20 toaster; my improved means beingadapted to mally being permitted to drop downwardly into 20 hold theside walls or doors in the partially open complete opening position.Each side wall M at position and to also tilt the bread sufficiently toone end issliown provided with a finger grasping expose to view thesides of the pieces of bread portion l6 whereby independent manipulationof which are being toasted, and therefore disposed the side walls ordoors 14 may be accomplished;

toward the heating element; said means also the finger graspingportions. It being of suitable 25 being adapted to automatically returnthe side non-heating material. The lower ends of the walls or doors toclosed position and return the doors M are provided with the inwardlyprojectpieces of bread into intimate relation with the ing base flangeportions H on which the bread to heating element. be toasted rests.

so My invention also contemplates a construction These toasters aregenerally provided with wherein the doors or side walls of the toastermay some suitable vertically disposed wires or grills be independentlyopened to complete open posifixedly secured in place adjacent theheating tion without actuation of the controlling means element forsupporting the bread in vertical posiheretofore referred to andtherefore without actution and in slight spaced relation with theheatation of the bread controllingelement. ing element. In my improvedtoaster I provide 35 The objects and advantages of my invention certainfixedly secured grill elements at l8, IS in will be readily comprehendedfrom the detailed Figure 1 adjacent opposite ends of the toaster.description of the accompanying drawing, where- It will be understoodthat similar grill elements are located on the opposite side of thetoaster and Figure 1 is a pe sp c view of my improved that the door constructions on both sides of the 40 toaster with the side walls or doorsarranged in toaster are identicaL toast inspecting position; one sidewall or door w toasters h t f constructed, e Peing bmken y to moreclearly 31501058 the pieces of bread were inserted to rest on the bottomInternal constructmn' flange ll of each door and inclined against theFigure 2 is a vertical sectional view looking fix rill elements with theresult that the side toward the left hand end wall in Figure 1, with iswas being toasted was invisible and its g g gfggf lggsg ligg g g g ifcondition could not be ascertained without suffiinspection position ofthe s'de walls or doors and cienuy opening the doors f ,them either bybread controlling grill element is shown in dotted finger some othermeans mung the plecfes of 50 line bread sufficiently away from the fixedgrill ele- Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the door ments toenable inspection; by c mplet y v controlling and toast tipping means.opening the doors to allow the-bread to slide My invention relates tomeans whereby proper toasting side down onto the opened door and thenvisibility or inspection of the respective pieces of turning the breadover. The inconvenience and 55 having a short upturned portion 2| at oneend and the long upstanding end or arm 22 at the other; while theintermediate part of the horizontally disposed frame portion 20 isprovided with the grill element portion 23 shown in the nature of aninverted U-shape wire or rod fixedly secured at its ends to the baseframe 20. A similar combination frame I9 is intended to be disposedalong each side of the toaster with the base portions 20 arranged in aplane beneath the plane of the flanged portions I! of the doors. Theends 2| and 22 are shown provided with suitable holes at 24, 24 topermit the combination frame to be pivotally secured to the ends I l ofthe toaster,

namely at the places indicated at 25 in Figure 1 so as to permit thecombination frame to swing through a horizontally disposed arc in themanner shown in Figure 1. In order to permit such swinging movement, thebottom flanges I! of the doors M, at points coincident with the grillelements 23, are provided with slots as at 26 see Figure'l.

The upper ends of the arms 22 of each combination frame l9 are bent oroffset laterally toward one side of the longitudinal axes of the arms asshown at 21 and the tially at right angles to the portions 21 as shownat 28. I

The side doors I4, flanges 29, preferably M are provided'with endterminating at short distance from the tops of the doors and the upperends of the flanges 28 are each provided with a vertical slot 30 adaptedto receive the bent end 28 at the upper end of the arm 22, see Figure 1.The bent ends 21 with the tips 28 of the arms 22 are adapted toengagethe respective side doors above the flanges 29 and to cause the sidedoors to tilt outwardly in advance of the tilting of the bread throughmovement of the grill element 23 in order to prevent the bread beingpressed against the side doors.

One of the end walls ll of the toaster is shown provided with a fingergrasping knob 3| fixedly secured to a spindle 32 which extends throughthe,

end wall of the toaster, the inner end of the spindle being rotatablymounted in a suitable bracket 33 which is secured on the inner side ofthe end wall ll of the casing as shown in Figure 2. The spindle 32 has alever 34 fixedly secured thereto with the lever disposed equal distancesto opposite sides of the spindle, see Figure 2; and each end of thelever 34 has a link 35, 35 pivotally secured thereto, while the otherend of each link 35 is pivotally secured at 38 to the adjacent arm 22 ofthe combination frame l9. It is apparent from downwardly into the slots30 of the doors with the doors will be controllahly tilted result thatthe is accomplished by distal ends bent substaninto the position shownin full lines in Figure 1; 7

the tilted position shown being prevented by the ends 28 engaging thebottoms of the slots 30.

During the tilting of the, doors as just described, the grill elements23 also have tilted as shown in Figure 1 and likewise have tilted thepieces of bread against the doors thereby permitting full view andinspection of the toasting sides of the pieces of bread.

If the side of the bread disposed toward the heating element is found tobe sufficiently toasted, the knob 3| is released and the two combinationframes H) are drawn toward each otherna'mely back to normal position-and likewise both doors are also drawn back to closed position due tothe interlocked or controlling relation between the frames i9 and thedoors. movement of the mechanism and doors is accomplished by a suitablespring as shown for example at 31.

The toasting position of the bread is indicated at T in Figure 2, whilethe'inspection position is shown in dotted lines at the left in Figure2. As stated, upon release of the knob 3| and the return of the doors toclosed position, elements 23 will return adjacent the heating elementsubstantially in parallel relation with the permanently secured g'rillelements l8. The user than grasps the finger portion IS on each doorThis automatic return the grill and opens the doors completely whichcauses the bread to turn upwardly against the grill elements,

thereby presenting the untoasted sides toward the heating element;inspection of the last mentioned side of the bread being obtained in themanner heretofore described. The independent opening of the doors forinsertion and removal of the bread or toast is pos sible because whenthe combination frames l8 are in normal position the distal ends or tips28 will bepositioned slightly above the door-flanges 28 and hence out ofthe slots 38 as shown in full lines in Figure 2.

The'exempliflcation ofthe invention as'disclosed in the drawing isbelieved to be the best embodiment thereof, but may be made without,however, departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is: a

1. A toaster of the character described comprising side doors hingedlysecured at their lower ends so their upper ends swing laterally outward,said doors being individually operable; and combined door and toastcontrolling mechanism operatively disposed between the doors and theheating element of the toaster whereby the doors may be partly opened,the doors locked in said partly opened position and the pieces of breadtilted outwardly against the doors to expose the toasting sides of thebread. 1

2. A toaster of the character described provided with a laterallyswinging door having a slotted portion on its inner side and hingedlysecured at its bottom and a vertically arranged heating element;combined door and toast controlling mechanism operatively disposedbetween certain modifications the door and the heating element andinvolving a grill portion and an arm whereby the upper part or the doorwill be moved outwardly and a holding engagement with the slottedportion effected and the door thereby held partly open while the grillportion will causethe inserted piece of bread to be tilted to'permitinspection of the toasting side thereof; means whereby saidmechanism maybe operated; and means whereby said mechanism with the door and thebread are automatically returned to normal position.

3. A toaster. of the vided with a laterally swingin door hingedlysecured at its bottom and with a vertically arranged heating element;combined door and toast controlling mechanism between the door and theheating element, a portion of said mechanism being adapted to effect'interengaging sliding relation with the doorwhereby the door may beopened and locked in partly open position, while the other portion tiltsthe inserted bread simultaneously against the partly opened door topermit inspection of thetoasting side thereof; means for actuating saidmechanism; and means whereby the door may be independently opened forreversing and for removing thebread. r

4. A toaster of the character described provided with laterally swingingdoors on opposite sides of the toaster hingedly secured at their bottomsand with a vertically arranged heating element; combined door and toastcontrolling mechanisms operatively intermediate 01' the doors and theheating element, one portion of said mechanism being adapted to eiIectholding engagement with its adjacent door and the latter opened apredetermined degree, while the other portion tilts the bread againstthe partly opened door to permit inspection of the toasting sidethereof; manually operated means for simultaneouslyvactu'ating both orsaid mechanisms; and means for automatically returning said mechamismswith the partly opened doors to closed posltions when said manuallyoperated means is released.

5. A toaster of the character described provided at opposite sides withdoors hinsedly secured at their lower ends to swing laterally outward attheir upper ends and having avertically posed intermediate thebread andthe heatins' element andadapted to tilt the bread outwardly against thedoors, while the other portions ofsaid character describedprooperatively. disposed side of the heating element and mined openposition;

mechanisms tilt the doors and effect a holding engagement with thedoors; and means whereby both of said mechanisms will be simultaneouslyactuated; and means whereby the doors may be independently actuated.

6. In a toaster of the character described provided with a verticallydisposed heating element and with doors, at opposite sides of theelement, hinged at their lower ends to permit the upper ends to swinglaterally outward while the upper ends of the doors are provided withvertically slotted portions; means pivotally mounted intermediate oi theheating element and the lower ends of the doors and involving toastcontrolling grills arranged to tilt the toast outwardly toward thedoors; and upstanding arms operatively connected with each grill to tilttherewith, each arm being adapted to effect interengaging relation withthe slotted portions of the adjacent door during the initial tilting ofthe arm; and means whereby the grills and arms at opposite sides of theheating element are simultaneously actuated; and means whereby each doormay be independently actuated.

j '7. In a toaster of the character described provided with a verticallydisposed heating element and downwardly swinging doors on oppositesides; a toast controlling grill located on each side of the heatingelement and pivotally mounted at the lower end to tilt laterally towardthe adjacent door; a vertically disposed arm on each operativelyconnected at the lower end to the adjacent grill so as to tilttherewith, the upper end of each arm being formed to eilfect controllingrelation with the adjacent door to hold the latter in predetermeanscommon to the grills and arms on opposite sides of the heating elementfor simultaneously tilting the grills and arms; and means whereby thedoors may be independently operated.

8. In a toaster of the character described provided with a heatingelement and downwardly swinging doors on opposite sides; a grill and armcarrying frame tiltably mounted between the heating element andeach-door, the grill being adapted to tilt the toast toward the dooraway from the heating element while the arm is adapted to eflect aiinger-and-slot relation with the adjacent door during the initialtilting of the frame; finger operated means whereby both frames may besimultaneously tilted; and means whereby the frames with grills and armswill automatically be returned to normal position.

v VICTOR

